San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-09-23


banquets 1000 drummers.
The insurgents In Cuba under Beri-
den are daily gaining strength.
Safe blowers are getting In good work
on Cincinnati.
The mayors OF French cities are list
ing all Germans In their municipalities.
Bush fires In Quebec district wipe out
the town Of Dandy.
A house In France snbscribes shares
amounting to 100000 francs towards
the SimplOn tunnel.
The Belgian consul general at Cologne
will 60 out as governor OF Congo free
state.
State Superintendent Cooper stands a
good chance Of being elected University
professor.
Roger Pryor outlines his mode OF de-
tense for anarchists and will challenge
the constitutionality Of Illinois jury law.
Rusk penitentiary brick will go into
the reform school building at Gates
vile.
League members are uniting for
action and will meet Sunday in spite Of
the law.
Anarchists trial at Leipslc fixed for
October 20; the trial of the Alsstisn
spies will follow.
The object of the Red river road is to
give Manitoba another outlet to the east
and competitive freights.
Gath fixes the presidency for the next
II years. Cleveland another term and
then Hill two.
Very few bonds are offered the
do nd ha tar
genders surprise.
Bids for the U. S. building, Waco,
interior finish, range from 1924, 1913 to
$l6,5S7, the latter a Chicago firm.
1t is quite likely JEFF Davis will not be
present at the laying of the corner
stone OF Lees monument.
The circuit court at Trenton, Mo-,
declares the local option law of that
state unconstitutional.
A wealthy planter Of DuvaPs Bluff,
Ark, named Richardson, shl OTIS the sta
ton agent there, killing him instantly.
Beeville district court conveDes next
Tuesday. Only three criminal cases On
the docket.
Khedive starts on tour OF the Nile to
satisfy himself concerning damages
from the rise.
Violet Cameron's husband Is enjnined
from molesting her during the legal
separation and Lord LOnsdsle aGknOw-
lodges the kid.
An immense confirmation ceremony
In which 200 were received into the
Catholic church took place at ApelOusas,
La, on Wednesday.
Oil tanks fired, 40 miles from Toledo,
o by gas furnaces and four tanks de-
strOyed. Heat intense, and a flowing
creek near by was turned into river OF
fire.
Crenzet, Paris journalist, convicted
of embezzling III, 800 francs belonging
to the association OF republican journal
ists.
Superintendent COOper's address be-
fore the National Teachers association
at Chicago was chosen for publication
In proceedings.
THE New York Sun, In drawing the
line between the perpetuity OF presi-
dents and OF the J efiersOnian democracy,
evidently thinks that presidents may
come and presidents may go, but the
democracy goes on forever. Judging
from several and sundry remarks OF the
Sun, it is also evident that no matter
how soon the president called Grover
went on to stay, the same Sun would
have no regrets If it saw his face no
more forever.
O'BRIEN declares that in prison, as
out, he will resist the imputatlOn that
political prisoners are common culprits;
that he will resist prison garb even
should 1t cost him his life, as Is not I'M
likely. The Lord mayor OF Dublin, the
municipal authorities, prominent clergy
and distinguished citizens, will attend
the trial to show their sympathy for
O'Brien. The outlook for Ireland is
gloomy this winter, as coercion Is sure
to lead to infinite disorders.
ALEXANDER, it seems, has not had
enough of Bulgaria yet, and seeing how
pleasantly his successor, Ferdinand, Is
getting along by merely keeping a stiff
upper lip and preserving a good spinal
column, is itching to return again to the
throne from which he so ANONYMOUSLY
went out. The regency evidently did
not share Alexander's feelings, and the
Battenburg prince can consider himself
out Of a job.
THE days Of the mugwump draw nigh
10 which he will say, | have no more
pleasure in them. The great mistake Of
the mugwump consisted in his thinking
that waters of political purity ran up
hill, and that a steady stream could be
maintained by natural pressure that
would force constant flow higher than
the original sourse. This they expected
to do through the patent back action Of
a self-operating political hydraulic ram.
They discovered the ram, but found on
trial that he was not that kind of a but
ter.